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Sarah Bernhardt (born Sara-Marie-Henriette Bernard, 1844-1923)
is the most famous French actress of the late nineteenth century.
Celebrated for her golden voice and for the sinuous flow of her
slender figure on stage, she was also a theatre manager, author,
sculptor, painter, and a clever businesswoman. She developed and
nurtured global fame in an era when the popular press facilitated
international renown. Print media as well as the emerging
phonograph and film industries enabled Bernhardt to cultivate and
develop her celebrity into the early twentieth century, appealing
to new publics and audiences. During the First World War she became
a French porte-parole for the Allied cause, appearing on
stage and in a propaganda film, as w…

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